Julius Gaye

Julius Alexander Rudolf James Gaye (born June 26, 1887 in Eisleben , † October 15, 1957 in Kiel ) was a German Ministerialrat.

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Julius Gaye was a son of the medical council CNA Gaye (* 1854) from Schleswig and his wife CA Maßon (* 1859) from Danzig . He studied civil engineering and received training in the higher civil engineering administration service, which he completed with the government master builder examination.

After the end of the First World War , Gaye worked for eight years on enlarging the port structures in Wesermünde . From 1928 to 1934 he headed the hydraulic engineering office in Norden , where he researched ocean currents and movements of sand in the area of ​​the East Frisian Islands. He dealt with these questions later when he worked for the Oder river administration in Wroclaw and in the Berlin Ministry of Transport .

After the end of the Second World War , Gaye played a key role in setting up the North and Baltic Sea Coastal Committee and took part in its management. The civil engineer pointed out that research on the coasts provided an important basis for later coastal protection measures and the approaches to seaports. In the committee he tried to achieve the closest possible cooperation between all persons and institutions involved in issues relating to coastal protection.

Julius Gaye was married to Anna Margaretha Dorothea Elisbeth Eggers (* 1891), with whom he had three daughters.

literature

• Marcus Petersen: Gaye, Julius . in: Schleswig-Holstein Biographical Lexicon . Volume 1. Karl Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1970, pp. 146–147